The Lents Town Center in Portland, Oregon necessitates a catalyst to
effect change. In order to stimulate revitalization of this historic
neighborhood, I propose a mixed-use development integrally tied to
mass-transportation. ...

The creation of a new industrial co-op in Portland, Oregon is very much linked to the energy use in the industrial process and everyday life. This program describes both the energy considerations for operating a manufacturing ...

The following document is a compilation of notes, photographs, and thoughts gathered during a Charrette held by University of Oregon's Portland Head Librarian Karen Munro. The goal of the Charrette was to brainstorm ...

Preliminary energy study for a thesis project consisting of a new urban school and community center in Portland Central City. Diagrams include scaled area diagram, times of day, hours of use per day, lighting requirements, ...

An Energy Program study for potential efficiencies created by combining Oregon City’s Public Library and City Hall facilities. Investigates how flexible shared spaces and swing shift programs can save square footage and ...

Civic use areas and industrial areas are typically physically separated in the city. What happens when these two uses intimately mix? Looking at specific examples where civic use occurs in a predominately industrial area, ...

Buildings are the greatest consumers of energy. By changing the way they are designed and implementing passive energy strategies, their consumption can be greatly reduced. The campus of the Community Center for Immigration ...

A survey of the demographics and existing recreational opportunities and facilities in Portland's Brooklyn neighborhood, with a view to determining whether a community center would be an appropriate addition to the ...

The Concordia School and Community Center is an architecture thesis project that looks at how a "community campus" in the Concordia neighborhood of NE Portland can be a destination for childhood education and a center of ...

The actual cost of high-rise housing in comparison to its land use can be an obscure topic.
Information may not be widely available to determine the benefits of constructing tall buildings.
This research paper aimed to ...

Because my final graduate design project is to design a cooperatively-organized
grass-roots hybrid hostel / International House, geared toward internationally-oriented
people in the city of Portland, I wanted to find out ...

Cyclism as an ideology should be taken into serious consideration by every resident of
Earth. Questioning current beliefs concerning urban planning will help educate human kind and
biofuel the Sustainable Revolution. ...

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